Word: losely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...vogue at Harvard, because, as they say, the professors in the higher courses are compelled to give young college men university courses, for which often times a knowledge of law, ethics, philosophy and political economy is necessary, so that if the professors explain topics referring to such subjects, they lose valuable time and impair their courses; if on the other hand they pass by such matters without giving the needed explanations, but a small number of the students will derive much benefit from the courses. According to the proposed scheme during the first three years the student will belong...
...idea of a race between Yale and Cambridge in April, as has been suggested by the newspapers, is out of the question. Yale has only a week's vacation in April, and it would not be possible for the men to go across the water then. They would lose too much time from their work. No American college crew ought to go abroad for a race without calculating for at the very least estimate, five weeks for the trip. A week for the voyage, and a month in which to get over illness consequent upon a long sea journey...
Unless our consciences are used they become dull, and lose the light which God planted in us. The light of God's word is brought to us whenever we seriously read any portion of the bible, we have all felt the influence of His word as having some bearing upon ourselves...
...reply to the Murchison letter is an affront to the people of the United States. (a) It implies insincerity on the part of the administration, by saying that the party in power knows it would lose popularity in power knows it would lose popularity if it openly favored the mother country.- Murchison correspondence in Public Opinion; (b) It passes strictures on the government by saying, "allowance must be made for the political situation.- Ibid; (c) It impugns the motives of the senate in the rejection of the treaty, by saying that the Canadian question was reopened by the republican majority...
...will be helpful but overconfidence disastrous. Careful, hard work will prove quite as necessary as pure brawn. In fact, the team must rely almost wholly upon the former because of their light weight. If our freshmen win, they will deserve the congratulations and thanks of the college; if they lose, we sincerely hope that there will be no occasion for our finding fault...